Give Dr. William Ayers due process #cdnpse
Dr. William Ayers blocked from Canada Dr. Bill Ayers is not welcome in Canada – that’s the message the federal government is sending his lawyers. Dr. Ayers, a recently retired Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is invited to…
"You're the peanut butter to our neighbourhood Jelly" – Kirkendall rallies for Murphy
The Kirkendall community is rallying around local submarine shop owner Albert Murphy who was viciously attacked during a robbery of his business on Saturday June 11, 2011. Murphy remains in hospital with serious injuries. Outside his reopened business today, community members showed their support by decorating the storefront…
"You're the peanut butter to our neighbourhood Jelly" – Kirkendall rallies for Murphy
The Kirkendall community is rallying around local submarine shop owner Albert Murphy who was viciously attacked during a robbery of his business on Saturday June 11, 2011. Murphy remains in hospital with serious injuries. Outside his reopened business today, community members showed their support by decorating the storefront…
Statement by #HamOnt Mayor Bob Bratina on media access and open data
Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina wrote the following to Larry Pattison in response to a letter from Mr. Pattison expressing concerns about statements by the Mayor’s Chief of Staff. *The Mayor cc’d the signatories of the open letter expressing concerns about the statements. * The following is the Mayor’s…
Peter Kormos – a giant of the Ontario Legislature
–Briefly as I’m on a coffee break– I’m saddened to learn that Peter Kormos is retiring. I first met Mr. Kormos in one of the elevators in Queens Park at the age of 15 when I was visiting for the first time. I mistakenly thought he was Hamilton…
City responds to concerns of #HamOnt Independents
THE FOLLOWING IS SOLELY MY OWN OPINION Debbie Spence, communications officer for the Planning and Economic Development department, sent an email to the signatories of Local Media Access at City Hall: A Joint Statement at noon today. In the email, Ms. Spence writes that Chris Murray will be…
Why I signed the statement
Why did I sign the open statement “Local Media Access at City Hall: A Joint Statement” The answer is simple, it’s the right thing to do. It’s been an interesting week at Hamilton City Hall after the statements by Mayor Bob Bratina’s chief of staff on 900CHML last week. (Listen…
Local Media Access at City Hall: A Joint Statement #HamOnt
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 We, the undersigned, call on the City of Hamilton and the Mayor’s Office to adopt a policy of openness and transparency that recognizes the right of ordinary Hamiltonians to access information and speak to local officials, in the spirit of democracy and civic engagement…
The future is the past? Journalism and Twitter
Is this the Twitter of the 1940s? Sure looks like it. The Boston Globe in the 1940s provided breaking news before the story was in the paper. I’m assuming people still purchased the paper.(The people standing outside are likely the sub-species of Homo sapiens known as news junkies)…
Finding time for my website
One of the great regrets I have about my website is that I can never find time to work on the design and scripting of it. This domain was once cutting edge – a century ago on the Internet back in 2007 before my recruitment by Maclean’s. It’s…